# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第七十六条 (Article 76) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七十六条 (Article 76)（禁止行為） — address `art-76` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十六条（禁止行為） — (Prohibited Activities) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76 **第一項** 何人も、信号機若しくは道路標識等又はこれらに類似する工作物若しくは物件をみだりに設置してはならない。 art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-1 It is prohibited for any person to install a traffic light, a road sign or marking, or any similar structure or object on any road without due cause. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 何人も、信号機又は道路標識等の効用を妨げるような工作物又は物件を設置してはならない。 art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-2 It is prohibited for any person to install any structure or object that impairs the utility of traffic lights or road signs or markings on a road. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 何人も、交通の妨害となるような方法で物件をみだりに道路に置いてはならない。 art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-3 It is prohibited for any person to place an object on a road in a manner that obstructs traffic, without due cause. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 何人も、次の各号に掲げる行為は、してはならない。 art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4 It is prohibited for any person to: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 道路において、酒に酔つて交通の妨害となるような程度にふらつくこと。 art-76/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-1 wander around drunk on a road to an extent that obstructs traffic; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 道路において、交通の妨害となるような方法で寝そべり、すわり、しやがみ、又は立ちどまつていること。 art-76/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-2 lie down, sit down, crouch, or stand on a road in a manner that obstructs traffic; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 交通のひんぱんな道路において、球戯をし、ローラー・スケートをし、又はこれらに類する行為をすること。 art-76/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-3 play with a ball or roller-skates or engage in any similar activity on a road with a large amount of traffic; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 石、ガラスびん、金属片その他道路上の人若しくは車両等を損傷するおそれのある物件を投げ、又は発射すること。 art-76/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-4 throw or launch a stone, glass bottle, piece of metal, or other object likely to harm a person or a vehicle or streetcar that is on a road; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 前号に掲げるもののほか、道路において進行中の車両等から物件を投げること。 art-76/par-4/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-5 throw an object from a vehicle or streetcar traveling down a road, other than as set forth in the preceding item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 道路において進行中の自動車、トロリーバス又は路面電車に飛び乗り、若しくはこれらから飛び降り、又はこれらに外からつかまること。 art-76/par-4/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-6 jump into or out of or onto or off of the exterior of a motor vehicle, trolleybus, or streetcar that is traveling down the road at the time; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 前各号に掲げるもののほか、道路又は交通の状況により、公安委員会が、道路における交通の危険を生じさせ、又は著しく交通の妨害となるおそれがあると認めて定めた行為 art-76/par-4/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-7 engage in any conduct specified by a public safety commission as likely to cause a road traffic hazard or an extreme obstruction to traffic due to road or traffic conditions, other than as set forth in the preceding items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-76/par-4/item-5: 前号 → 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第四号 (Article 76, paragraph (4), item (iv)), art-76/par-4/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-4 - art-76/par-4/item-7: 前各号 → 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第一号 (Article 76, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-76/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-1 - art-76/par-4/item-7: 前各号 → 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第二号 (Article 76, paragraph (4), item (ii)), art-76/par-4/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-2 - art-76/par-4/item-7: 前各号 → 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第三号 (Article 76, paragraph (4), item (iii)), art-76/par-4/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-3 - art-76/par-4/item-7: 前各号 → 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第四号 (Article 76, paragraph (4), item (iv)), art-76/par-4/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-4 - art-76/par-4/item-7: 前各号 → 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第五号 (Article 76, paragraph (4), item (v)), art-76/par-4/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-5 - art-76/par-4/item-7: 前各号 → 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第六号 (Article 76, paragraph (4), item (vi)), art-76/par-4/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-6 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第五号（禁止行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-5 - 道路交通法 第七十六条第四項第七号（禁止行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-76/par-4/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-76/par-4/item-7 - 道路交通法 第八十一条第一項第一号（違法工作物等に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-81/par-1/item-1 - 道路交通法 第八十一条第一項第二号（違法工作物等に対する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-81/par-1/item-2 - 道路交通法 第百十八条第二項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-118/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-118/par-2/item-5 - 道路交通法 第百十九条第二項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-119/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-119/par-2/item-7 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-10 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13